The Sun. — London, England, 1808-01-12 00:00:00

NAVAL NEWS. FALMOUTH, JAN. 9.--,Arrived the Princess Mary Packet, Pococx, with the Leeward Island Malls,'33 days from Tortola : -ten days'previans to her sailing from thence a small Convoy had sailed ion Eng& land. The Duke Of, Kent and Queen . ciictriotid Packets ha 4 arrived sale at 'llirbadoes, at which place,' the Princess Mary arrived on the 12th Nov. and found there His Majesty's Ships Ramifies, tilysc'es;. Castor, Jason, Camilla, WippOmenes, Favourite,. Net ley, IVlaerene, and Dart. On the 7th inst.. spoke His I\l.ljesty's Ship Nemesis, with a Convoy from, Cork. Arrived also the , Ocean and Fidelity TranspOrts, with Troops; part of Sir Cu ARLEs CUT TON'S Expedition ; the AmeriCan Brig Betsey, MAssEY, from Boston, detained by the 4c7ive Pri vateer of London ; and Hawk Schooner, from Ports mOuth, bound to Sr. Domingo, leaky. Sailed His Majesty's Ship Champion, and Capelin Schooner on a Cruize. His Majesty's Ship Minotaur, of 74 guns, Vice- Admiral Sir CHA IMES COTT' ON, sails to-morrow morning to, join His Majesty's Ship Hibe rnitz, Sii S. SMITH, off the TaguS. His Majesty's Ship Antelope, : of 50 gen, will follow him with the Transports, on the arrival of those at Portimouth. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. i I.—Arrived yesterday the Cywze Sloop of War, Capt. T. STAIN Es, Halifax Sloop, Capt. Lord J. TOWNSUEND, and Pudiiza Brig, Capt. Luut.ty, from the Downs ; the Sylvia Cutter, Lieut. DRURY, and Dapper Gun-brig, Lieut. GARDINER, from a cruize ; also the Pacific, NfIL LER, from Suuderland; and daive Scout, Bnzzst.L, frdm Guernsey. Sailed yesterday the Diana Frigate, Capt. MArT LAND, on a cruize. The Nide Frigate, Ctpt. LORING, talces convoy to the Westward; and the his Frigitte to the East YARMOUTH, JAN. u.—Arrived the Lark and acaufoy Packets from Gotteiihurgh, with Mails and Passengers: Messrs. WAGsT.Irp and Lt,swok.ra, King's Messengers, Ow over in the Lark. Two French Privateers are sent in Prizes to the liingdove, diicidne, arid Sapp la t they hadtaken the Zephyr, of this Port, Rowurro Master, which they unified. A Squadron of Ships, consisting of the Stately, C'ipt• PARKER, Nassau, Capt. CiOn'BELL, and the Lynx Sloop, sailed this morning under sealed or ders. DeA"t, ht./. the Undaunted Frigate, aul Hyacinth and Zarapluta Sloops from the Nore, and sailed for Portsmouth ; arrived the Proserpine Frigate, from the Nore, and remains; Blazer Gun brig, from a craize off Flushing; and 'Kangaroo, from Dungeness. • Sailed the Seagull Sloop on a cruize.' Arrived the Oberon Sloop ftom Yarmouth.. . The Tigress. Gun-brig, 'with the convoy under ber command, put back and remain, ' Arrived in the Downs, the Fort William, Eta- SONS, from 411ERRNUSS, bat. 10.— r Sailed the Baracouta, Capt. HARRIS, for Port,mouth, from which place she will shortly proceed to the East Indies. JAN. 1,--Arrived the Cygilet, Capt. • lqAup , late from the West Indies. Paid bounty and advance to the Leonidas, Capt. DuKßAtt, which will proceed for Portsmouth, and take Admiral ()TWAY'S retinue from this place. Sailed his Majesty's Ships Cruizer and Cygnet, to Chatham. Arrived hii Majesty's Ship Sultan, from Graves- . end. DISTRII3UTION OF PRIZE-MONEY. To the Officers and Crew of Ilk 111 , iesty's late Schooner Renard, for the Capture of La Concezzione and L'immaeu lata Concezzione, on the loth 110vciubcr, 0105, will be paid on the 13th inst. at No. az, Essex-streer, strand, and every Tuesday and Friday after, at the same. place. To the O ffi cers and C rew of Nis Majesty's Gun-brig Cen. sor, for the Capture of the Yonge San Pieter, on tile wit May, t 133 (in cordpany .with the Grampus, lalouse, and ' Vixen Cain:brig), the proceeds of the same, for three years, at No. za, Arundel-street, Strand. A letter has been received it Glasgow from an Officer, fortherly belonging to the BleApirn an . of War. Re, in the end of Sept. tao 6, with 14 itlen belonging to the Blenheim were fortunately put uti board the Neptune Chinaman, .by order of Admiral Tit0111311Ilidl !I to assist in navigating her to China, and thence t o the Cape tit Good klepe,where he was to join the Admiral. He gives the-same account of the Blenheim, when last seen, as reported by the Harrier Sloop of War.—The letter is doted Crook haven, Dec. 1807. Mr. M. of Cheapsicle, who some time ago eloped with a Mrs. t.. and.teok with him considerable pro perty belonging to his creditors, Was ;by some Means induced to take his passage at Gottenburgh on board Man American Ship; under the impression that she was bOund to.Atrierica. - On their arrival at the fir6t .Port they made, the. fugitives found- theinselveS at Hqrwich, where they were recognized by the tr'- friendly agents of those WhoM they were tot atm., ous to avoid. --There was no Coort of. Alaerrnenllivid tooty. „Bread remains as lust w eels., PORTSEA, JAN. 11. WE take the earliest oppOrtunity of presenting to frlf Readers the fo'llowing Letter, which we this • mormug received from Lieut. GILL, late of the Ansoff Frigate. - " eg It is with sorrow, and, suffer 'me to add, with astonishment, t see you have copied from the Royal Cornwall Gazette the scandalous_ and infamous ac- count of the loss of His Majesty's late Ship the 47150 g.. The man. who now addresses you was the. Senior Officer saved from the wreck of that unfor tunate Ship; and, wishing to rescue the memory of a brava and good Officer from the stigma of inhu 'manity, I beg you will give my refutation of the above-mentioned Printer's account an early place in your Paper ; I should have given it you before, btit I have been several days on my passagd froal Ply= mouth. " The Editor of the Royal Cornwall Gfizetie was never, direelly or indireclly; informed of the circum stances he mentions by any of the Officers of the Ship ; I may with confidence say so, for I tailed on him for his authority, and he Meanly equivoCated, anti. would not give him up. t did this before wit nesses ; and I have since queAtioned the Otficeri, who all deny, in the most solemn manner, having propagated such an account. " ro begin with his statement —Speaking of 'the ' Ship, he says, " She nude the Laud's End, ,and mistook it for the Lizard." These words are in Italics to make them more remarkable : the land we made first was: about (Madden Point, deep in Mount's Bay, and, as we were steering N.N.W. we must have passed very near the ,Lizard, We never run to the northward and eastward in any shape whateverNo man a-head ever saw breakers —Capt. SutadvArt, a passenger on board the Ship, was the'first person that saw the land through the mist the second dine, which was at four o'clock of the 28th December, and the land seep Was the . . Lizard, a place some little distance from the - Land's End—?the - hest 'bower did not soon parr in the hawse ; it rode the Ship eleven hours—the sheet 'anchor was never let go - at all, but the Ship,. after pardng the two' bowers, was run on shore ; had we let go the sheet we should have veered into a sittia; Lion where none of as could have been saved—Capt. LYDIARD was never on the mainmast (I l'emark these' little things to show what a chain . 61 false :hoods have been linked together), he tried to get on shore by a rope from the tnizen-chains---he never lost his faculties to the last, but was heard 1 singing out, " don't be in. .a hurry, my lads, watch a favourable opportunity, and get a rope to die shore—Weakened (by want of rest, and the dread- . fill sea that was pouring over hint) he certainly was --•the Methodist Preacher who kindly lent his as- i siStance was a Mr. ROBERTS, of Helston, a worthy industrieus tradesman, but certainly no ,Methodist Preacher. He has forgot to Ineotion a Seaman of the name of ROBERT HENLY, who went on board, after he had saved himself, and was the means of .preserving a Midshipman, two women, and a young child. Now follows that shocking paragraph :•--- " When a few more men, who for'some erilue had ,been confined .in . irons below, 'emerged front the wreck.','---Gracious God ! what a heart must that man be possessed of, who could cruelly gather .to gether his types, and compose such a diabolical re fleaion, and how must the friends of Capt..LYPIARD be agonized to see it: a more inhuman falsehood never issued from the press. One would think the Editor of a Paper should have known such a circum stance could not have been. What ! a British Man Of War in iniminent i danger for sixteen hours, and men on board her in irons—the idea is as absurd as ' it is inhuman. But what will you. iy, Sir, when, I inform you thit this Truro Printer told me, in the , presence of Lieut. ORINT, and Mr. YAItWOOD, I Purser,"Abat he did pot know there was any intm . 1 mapity in it. I am sorry to conclude, by stating , that his account of the loss sustained on this melan . choly occasion is equally false. Seventy dead bodies had -been washed on shore before I left Helston,' besides a number of:mangled limbs : let; Setls were lost ;' and I ant fully convinced there are not more 1 than two of those that are gone, that would' have 'scampered off, as he terms it, had they reached the shore. Unused to writing letters of this kind, have 1 the goodness to overlook any improprieties you may see. As to apologi ‘ es, I make none. lthink the ' Editor of THE SUN would by no means wish to disseminate any unjust •staternot that would dwell 1 hard on the memory of a' braVe and generous Com mander. • . ' , • • '4 I nm, " Your obe:Uent humble Servant, " THOMAS GILL." TI-/P OPERA Housn.—The Marquis of HEAD PORT end WM. OGILVIE, Esq. who were chosen arbitrators ripraing the dispute between Mr. TAY- Loa and Mr. WATERS, have given their award in favour of the latter ; but for the sake of the interests of the - property, - have recommended an amicable aijustment of all private disputa. • • •i• f• , . • u': • . . GL,LS'GOIV i 4TIIIOTIC MEETINIS.' GLAsGOw, JAN, conselnetice of the notice given some days ago by the• LORD PROVOST, there • was yesterday held, in the Town Hall, Inc , of the moct numerous and most resPe4table Meetings of terchants and Manuft&urers which ever assem , bled in this City. His Lordship having taken the Chair, stated,, that as mentioned in the Notlee, he had cilied the • Meeting for the purpose of considering the proprie- ty of expressing to hii Majesty, at this iMportant crisis, their firm determination to support, by every means in their power, his just rights, and tile in terests of the British trripire. His Lordship then read the letter whiCh had been sent him, rerltiest ing him to call the Meeting, and which was signed by about forty respectable inhabitants; and stated, that he very. much approved -of the measure, be cause, if ever there was a time thy . unanimity and exertion to strengthen the bands of Government, the present was that time. After which, Mr: &Act,- the Dean of Guild, rose and addressed the Meeting. After many sen sible prefatory observations, he said, e --It will re quire no argument, I am sure, to convince every Gentleman present, that 'we live 'in the most event ftil period that ever the civilized world saw. But I your t ime take up yo time to detail the mournful events which we have lived• to see. : They have been ,too monieutong; and are too recent, not to be well known to us all, Rut I wish to draw the at tention of Gentlemen to the result of 'ali these unpa rallelled transa4lions. The result has been, lam soiry *to say, the unhoended success of •an unprin cipled Usurper, and' our hiveterate fee, who, in ,conseqnence of these successes, is now-ruling over the whole Continent of Europe with a rod of iron— aed who is using all his uncontroeled tutee, not only; to dilate rigid robibitiousagainst our trade in every f:tarter, but to compel all the Cdtit mental Powers, many of whom have been long our Allies, to , corn bine against us in the War, We are t hut left stand . ing.alone---The situation is awful, but iris sublime, and there is no doubt with use, that we' shall come gloriously out of the -strumle. , But thus 'standing alone, it belibees us thFi tuore especially to be true to Ourselves. It p is ekpedted that every man in Great Britain shall do his duty. It becomes us all, ' under such?trying circumstaiices, and at such an im portant crisis, to rally round the Throne of our be loved Sovereign, our' go old King; ned to assure him t iiat, be our privations ever so severe, or ever so 14 - mg, we will support hitn at all times, by every means in our power,,in his just rights, and for the interests of the British Empire. Thus, then, I con-, ceive the measure of an Address lobe necessary.— And if it be necessary; there can belittle doubt with respea to its being proper. Glasgow -now' stands high in the scale of the' Empire. Its consequence is felt and well known. It has always been esteemed for its loyalty. It is'entitled at all Times to express its loyal-sentiments, whenever the occasion may he deemed to require it. It has been 'heretofore atten tively listened to in alt such 'expressions ; and it will be listened to nein. With great eroei iety, there fore, mey this Address be now transmitted to his 111A7EATY, by a Ci:y which has so much at stake, and I.vhose-er.qe:rie, on that account, may be frankly folloee:d by others. But I will detain your Lord stlip no longer, excepting just to.read the Resolution :net is now 'proposed— _ _ • • " Resolved • —That it will be proper in this Meet ing, at this important and, momentous crisis, - when the unbounded ambition •ot our Enemy calls forth ell • the energies; of his.Goveroment and of his peo ple, to address his Majesty, and to assureitim of our • firm determination to support, at _all •titnti, and by every means in our power, his just rights, and' the interests of the British Empire. And to state to .him, at the saute time, that, although We must be supposed to feA the elfeas of his Adversary's exer tions against the commerceand manufactures of the -country, yet we have no interests but• what are iden tified with the dignity of his Crown, and the inde pendence of these Kingdoms ;. and further, that we . are fully satisfied it is only by persevering in proMpt, wise, and vigorous measures, that we are to hope fer the attainment of our wishes, a safe, honourable, and lasting Peace." - • Mr. JAMUS HOPKIIIK then addressed •the Meet ing. • We stand (said he) in a situation in which this Country was never placed since our existence as a nation. We have read in ancient times, that a bar barian' more tierce and crafty than the rest, has over turned, like atorrenr ' every thing that opposed him, and by fire and sword has extended his sway over the nations around him. But it remained for our days - to have seen ate olActire individual, and a foreigner, by fraud and violence, seating himself on the Throne of•one the most powerful Monarchies of Europe, converting • the most: polished and civilized nation into an armed multitude, ready to subMit •to every :deprivation, to forego every comfort, and to sacri fice even lite itstilf,..to- serve the purposes of his in satiable ambition, and to extend the iron hand of his deSpotism over the - whale . of Europe. Because" we have hitherto kept out of, his grasp, and have . arrested his progress - to universal empire, he has sworn eternal enmity against us, has threatened our utter ruin, and began to carry, his threats into exe mien, by shutting :nearly every port, end • raising up enemies to us, from one end of the Continent to the other. Oursituatien therefore is awtnl and im pressive, and catyot he viewed without- wonder and astonishment--but I hope there is no man who now hears me who looksaspon it with fear and . dismay. No, " the self same sun which shines thus upon looks-not louring upon us."—lf it has 'pkeased Providence for wise purposes which we are unable to fathom, to raise this man to an unexampled pitch of power and• greatness, :and to preserve..his life . through every difficulty and danger—have not we. too been .NOonderfully protetted from his grasp, • aaucFraised to •an ;height of power hitherto unknown .in the annals at our Country ?. 'lave our shores yet ben pointed with. bleed ? Has our Navy been swal lowed u p by „ the wave's, orscattered:by the winds ? On the contrary, =do tint our Fleets now ride Irturn pliant froM the .further shores of 171indostan: to the most distant boundary of the Atlantic Ocean ,? Has not that same Prijyl4ollCe' raised Upfor our defence a Ner.v3N, and numberless others, given them- ve.e;doni to flan, and knowledge to direct the. British thun der against the tee, till they have nearly swept their. Ships from-the—taco ,-of.-the Oceatt-i• 4-las not the satuo Power paved the arm, and tired the breast of wir .11s* r: el I rt,y t t: `tu l t 't" our hardy Sermieu andSoldie.!, witi! m them ready tUdespise every ianger, and brr...e death itself, in defence of their King . tina County Why then,. should we be afraid ? ' f rt. us persevt re in the contest with firms esi and .resolution, a d I. tsust - We may jet be the means of re;ieviii‘tif feinirr Europe from the , bondage :in is iethralled, and of restoring-that permanent peat'e *ltielf - we, all desire : meantime it is our duty to' be prep:ire...l for every event. If the EO , ll. should dare to sat foot on our shores, let us he ready to Meet niineven in the shock of battle, and let.uslrmly resolve either to tall inithe contest ortro return vi6torious, rather than to live slaves, and be witnesses to the ruin of our families and the tion of our country. But it may not be the fite any, or but few of us here present, to he called to the field ; we have therefore, as men and citizens, other duties to perform. Let bflar, witti9ut re pining, the, deprivations which may yet be in store for us. Let us submit, without inarmurhlg, so the . burthens which it maybe necessary to lay upon us, for the salvation of the State. Let each of us; when required, be wady to sacritice - his time, and exer cise such talents as hare.neen entrusted to him, t o r the 'general welfare; and let us, without reza-ain7 whether this or that • sets of men rule the helm of affairs, be united in one mind, setting lhoutsier to shoulder and foot to foot, striving for the viaory, and we shall surely overcome, and preserve that freedom and indepen,lence derived from our ances tors,-and will transmit that . fair lulieritanee to °lir children, without which; .in up , mind, life is net worth the preserving. • At this eventful period, - Britain requires all her sans to do their duty ; anti he • that swerves from it it false , to his King and un worthy of his: Country. It , would be a waste of words for me to ocenyy taet...nee , longer, - as I trust wO, are al of one mind wan pleasure, therefore, I. Second the motion. A COmmittee , was then appointed to draw up the Mdress, which was urianitnutitly agreedao;noti or dered to be transmitted 'to Lord kikwnssautty, to be presented to Iris MAJESTY. . • The meeting was very nurntrous. The rawest unanimity prevailed. 's . . • FRENCH PAPBRS, HAMBURGH, Dae..l 8. --There is announced for the .2.7 th, January public sale at: Copenhagen, which Must prove higilly ititerosting,toEur4ipean commerce in the present•postnre , of thincrs.'..l.7tre fallowing are the articles . ' to' e dispesettof!-A-4.6600;000lbs. of cof fee, of the Island: of Java;, 200,00010 of sn t , , sar, of the same Nand . ; tOO,OO'Uit;s. of stltitt; - ..0f. ; 100,0001bs. of pepper; 400otbs: of These goods are to be 4 iv*uru < ot serge ik in ,;NOr way, , where they have recently arrived, in. Dahish .Vessel, from Batavia and 'Manilla; the Ship is called the Three Friends, and escaped from: the English cruizers by corning north about of the . British Is lands. . . . . . PARIS, D2C. q 6.. The grand decoration; sof the Legion of Honour, deeineo , tbr the Emperor ANcii 1. fur the Archduke CHA nag. the Archdukte .10114, and Count Uttaruh, arrived at Vienn4f.on , the 7th ult. A neutral Ship front :Smyrna, 'which arrived , dt Catarro on the Roth Novembox, has brought au. thentic accounts of the Declaration of War by the King of Persia agmnst England. -4 _ "A'lleputation ftoM the Landaman of Switzet land is arrived at Milan to compliment trjs itlajcsty, a n d is said to be . C.harged ot . .very great importance: • LctNrs from Toulon inform us, that the powder magazine and mill at St: Barbe;has been bluwn up; the cause is unknown:: Madame CONTATIii the colehlited mares, has withdrawn from the Theatre. , itrONAPARTE left Maar*. the 22d—..0t) the day betore the city gave, a , ,iganct ;dinner to the Members of the Eletloral.ool4o4, tad op the tol. lOwing they had an audience of 4's.INA Ajesty. The joumal de L.:Empire of, Ite .t i h says—lt appwrs certain, filar his Majeary the Elnivror and King wilt return to Pari3.befure the 13t ui January.` RUSSIAN STATE P4PER. ~Iti~SI;. ST; . PETERSITIRCU, NOW. 8 (19), tiio7.—By our Ukase of the gtich Qauber last, to the Mmister ,of Commerce, Count 4 N... RUNtiANTZOIT, regarding the laying on an Embargo upon'the English Kopekr ty in Russia, we dillered,Liquitlation Commissions to formed here, at Riga,• and at Archangel, .uttder the controul of a-hit Collegeof.Conunerce, On the representation .4 the Minister, that the , . Liquidation Compteo appl)atteu m 1600, :were, by their mode of condtlaing baiiiteis of this nature, perfealy adequate to the oh'pa in view o We : now order that Liquidation commissions be at present ty. pointed, in every res t t stri6ly at:cot:ling to t( 4 : principles.and spirit . giveti the r...:5t.11 of Nov. 1800, upon a Report of the College of Coin merce. in consequence of Of Einbargo Laid thlit year on the property at th English, with this,Otily alte ration, that the fixed:nutntler of Rus , jah Metehr.nts to be chosen for the Liquidation Commission. of this Plan, be not other.wiie appointed _than w i t h confirmation of the Minister, and in the other town'a -With the confirtnation of the Chief A.utherities con tiguous therQlo. _ • — The said Commissioners are to torte co .- nizance of ell goodN and property of the Enghilt %.•incli te t ra embargoed by our I.Jlcase of ,the itath (nit,) Oct. 1867 ; and this sequestration is to be extends ct to all their mottles and biiis,, excepting' heir monies p1a95:4 1 ,,in our Banks, which, by the Jaws, are in no ewe. to be touched. . The Councillor of State, and *ember of the College of Commerce, BAncorr, al ik to preside in the Cornatis4on here. Sept to the Senate the eth of November, 1867, under hisTruperial Majesty's Sign Manual. . Countersigned by Count N1C,7!..A1 lIMINIIANT ZOPF..---Plibliiiiled by the Senate the 11th of Novent ber, 1807. • A Poe.tas!er,, bra4ging education had cost 10001. a stacions Linde ahkerUiith-- " What he had aCquired :t 4 rom it ?."--'1 A Frevh,,ld, Sir (Cried the coxcomb), On 'Mount Parnassus, pie- Fented - nie by the l'Atii,ies !•••—a 10001.., an ideal Freehold en a vi , doiv;ry Mount !---Pr:ty, Neph:Ay, yo%i aw:tre that mally a real and snh• stantial I:reehold Wilt very soon Th r l es; "than Eight,,Pounds'ttch, from the presi - .qu City I.6t fery,!".